26G BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



blight and the potato rot fungus may be hirgely, if not 

 entirely, prevented. The growth of the potato scab on the 

 tuber can be largely prevented by the use of corrosive sub- 

 limate or sulphur. 



The Tomato. 



The injury to the tomato crop from the rotting of the 

 fruit and the blight of the leaves can be largely prevented 

 by the use of the Bordeaux mixture. 



Celery. 

 While the success of this crop depends largely upon an 

 exceedingly rich soil and an abundance of moisture, the 

 numerous fungous pests that often injure the crop under 

 many conditions may be kept down by the frequent use of 

 the Bordeaux mixture. The plants should be sprayed in 

 the seed bed as well as in the field in order to insure the 

 best results. 



Other Crops. 



The onion rust, grain rust and smut, asparagus rust and 

 many blights, rusts, mildews, smuts, etc., that attack other 

 crops, and the many insect pests may also be kept under 

 control by spraying ; and no thrifty cultivator can afford 

 not to insure his crops at least to the extent of equipping 

 himself with apparatus for the application of insecticides 

 and fungicides, and to have on hand the materials necessary 

 for their use and also one or more of the numerous spraying 

 calendars issued by some experiment station or printed in 

 the agricultural papers. 



Equipment for Spraying. 

 Perhaps the reason why so few are making use of insec- 

 ticides and fungicides to protect their crops is from the idea 

 that it requires especial skill and expensive apparatus to 

 properly spray their crops. Spraying is one of those opera- 

 tions, however, that is simple enough in itself, materials 

 are generally easily obtained, and directions for the work 

 are spread broadcast throughout the land ; but the work 

 looks larger, perhaps, than it really is. With a good pump, 

 o;ood nozzles and a fair desfree of intelli<::ence and median- 

 ical skill, the operation is neither diiiicult nor expensive. 



